>> 1100 lost jobs, how many are we mustering with bayne nose are 100s. >> the bayne math over jobs is porous math insofar as you gain some, you lose. >> so is solyndra, the truth of the matter is, there was a wholesale collapse of the solar industry, but none of this stuff matters in terms of ads. >> steve, it's not just about sort of failed green tech and an an indictment of alternative sources of energy and potential criticism of cronyism but the president is a job killer in this investment. >> job killer. there that is subtle or not subtle counter to the bayne stuff, hey, obama cost us jobs, too. just a shot at his cotense there, economic anxiety is so high. they failed here, they failed there, it's giving people that kind of reason. the only thing that give me pause, and it's a good thing for them to try, i feel that solyndra's an issue that 99% of fox news viewers know all about and it animates them and excites them but that name has no currency outside that universe. people hear solyndra and they go how? >> talking about government investment and private enterprise and the riski

together with the ad we saw yesterday from the obama campaign attacking mitt romney over his days at bayne capital, today a new ad from a pro obama superpac hitting mitt romney's days at bayne capital, suggesting they're going after his strength to try to bring him down, look at this new superpac ad today: >> he promised the same thing he's promising the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> reporter: now we should note this is right out of the play book of some of mitt romney's fellow republicans, newt gingrich used this in the primaries. it obviously failed for gingrich but i think the obama campaign would argue that was a republican primary audience that was very procapitalism, obviously, he was frustrated with newt gingrich for attacking the bayne capital days for mitt romney, the obama campaign feels with a general election, a broader electorate, maybe the attacks would work. it's worth noting while the obama campaign is attacking private equity on one front, last night the president was in manhattan at a fund-raiser where at one of the executives for bl

>> mitt romney firing back at the president now, his ad claiming that bayne capital, the company that romney used to head up, killed jobs in america. here is part of that romney response: >> mitt romney's private sector leadership team stepped in. building a dream with over 6000 employees today. >> if it wasn't for a company like steel dynamics, this county wouldn't have a lot. >> american workers in a small town. proving that anything is possible in america. bill: so it is game on, serve and return, an romney now in the battleground state of iowa today saying the president with his economic record should not throw stones. a few moments ago i talked with a republican governor out of louisiana, that's bobby jindual, now a romney supporter: >> governor bobby jindual, good morning to you in baton rouge, good to have you back in "america's newsroom". >> good morning, bill, thank you for having me. >> you're welcome. what do you think of the short clipy just played there with what appears to be the romney team and their response to the hits on bayne capital? >> well, two things. one, i thi

they're attacking the bayne capital argument policy.e attacks on boehner are really about, what kind of person romney is. it's about character, whether he feels the pain of average folks and seen as callous and greedy. it's another in the seemingly endless litany of depictions of romney as an out of touch rich guy. romney has tried to engage the bayne critique on this level issuing a video for out of work americans and telling more stories about regular people on the campaign trail. he hasn't done an effective job fepding off the bayne critique, and maybe this is why. the idea he lacks empathy becomes so deeply embedded it's impossible to shake. >> yesterday joe biden was certainly striking that familiar chord. you look at biden talking, and then you look at mitt romney, and it's obvious will that one guy is connected with working class americans and the other one -- i'm not knocking romney. he is what he is. the other guy has a tin ear on a lot of issues. >> yeah. look, there's more than just the character question here. i think part o

democrats' rising stars and one of president obama's biggest backers saying that he believed that bayneapital's record in its totality supported jobs and grows jobs and that's what has the obama campaign in a tailspin yesterday, trying to walk back his words but i say free corey booker, let the real corey booker speak, unplugged. martha: it was fascinating. we'll talk to both of you soon, kirsten, justin, good stuff. thank you guys. gregg: we are on jury watch in the john edwards corruption trial. he just arrived at the courthouse, and the fate of this former presidential candidate now squarely in the hands of 12 ordinary citizens. the big question now, will edwards walk or possibly spend, who knows, as much as 30 years behind bars? we'll have the very latest in a live report. martha: we're watching that. we'll let you know as soon as the jury comes in. >>> plus, mother nature, putting on an incredible display over the weekend, millions witnessed the ring of fire. which tire category should i choose to get the most comfortable ride? ♪ [ male announcer ] if paula ebert had her way, she w

they describe the suspect a family friend of the victims and still trying to determine if joann baynelingly. >>> six-year-old isabel hasn't been seen for more than two weeks. the flight team performed the song bring her home. they were contacted to mix and master the home. that cd is being sold for $3 online. >>> a school hit with tragedy this year says it now has a reason to celebrate this weekend. chardon high school until ohio won a prom contest that was organized by a radio station. the school won $5,000 to make their prom an unforgettable event at the rock and roll hall of fame. it was back in february when the school was the site of a shooting. >> we just need to show them how strong we have became since everything happened. chardon has been such a close community and it's mind blowing just seeing all the love. >> in addition to the $5,000 the school won from the radio station, donors helped to raise the value of that prize to about $150,000. >>> some schools and states are setting boundaries between students and teachers on social media websites. earlier this year a livermore t

the fbi says agents are hopeful that 12-year-old alexandra bayne and her eight-year-old sister, kaylea, are still alive. police believe a family friend kidhapped them late last month, along with their mother and older sister. the mother and that older sister's bodies were just found near the suspect's house days ago. trace gallagher has more. trace. >> reporter: in fact, we're learning, megyn, that that family friend, adam maines, 35 years old, has been with the baynes, has known them for years and years and years and in fact, before they disappeared he was at their house helping them pack up because they were about to move to arizona and when the husband reported his wife and three daughters missing authorities did contact adam mays, they tried to meet it him -- with him but he fled. the big focus is in guntown, mississippi, that is where the bodies of the mom and the oldest daughter were found behind a home that mays had rented and right now, authorities believe they're confident, they won't say why, they're confident the two younger daughters, as you said, alexandra and kaylea, are

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my mitt romney reporting, there are arrows, his life, his business, school career, his dealings at bayne. people say this was a genuinely helpful guy. there was a true niceness about him. he was incredibly eager to help people. when you talk to members of the church there are astounding acts of generosity. >> we talked about this. much of his kindness centered around the church. that's one thing he proved uncomfortable in terms of talking. it's a very uncomfortable subject of him. i would think when you have this stuff coming up, it's something he would have to address and tell the american public about. >> joe biden versus george clooney. how well did the president do this week? we'll discuss next on "now." [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ femal

. >> bayne capital walked away with a lot of money they made off this plan.itt romney as a job destroyer. >> he has destroyed thousands of peoples' careers, lifetimes, just destroying people. >> he's running for president, and if he's going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there. he would be so out of touch with the average person in this country. martha: strong words in that web ad. brit hume joins me, senior political analyst. clearly this goes after the heart of what mitt romney says is his biggest strength. >> you knew this was coming, martha, if you followed the primary season. we've been here before. you remember the attacks during south carolina and florida campaigns from gingrich and perry on vulture capitalism. i felt at the time that mitt romney needed to develop a strong and coherent defense of this. his business record of how private equity firms operate. i'm not sure he ever really did that. i mean, the campaign moved on and the message didn't really ring a bell with enough republican voters. but it might ring a

hours after its campaign launched its first bayne ad, obama appeared at a fundraiser in the park avenue home of tony james, president of the private equity firm, the blackstone group. and one of the obama administration's top managers is a managing director at bain. romney was still at bain when it closed the steel mill has raised money for the obama campaign. i want to get the substance over the gst steel and the nature of private equity as fundamentally predatory or a noble steward of creative destruction. we'll talk about it in a second. i want to start with this narrow question of hypocrisy, is it fair for them to go after bain on the one hand while taking money from bainexecs on the other. >> i think in the bain discussion both sides have managed to say nothing interesting. i don't think what romney did at bain shows he's prepared to run the country. on the other hand, i don't think it's a good reason to think what he did at bain is a preview for how he would govern. in massachusetts, what he did when he went in this was did some big social policy. particularly the romney care bill

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mentioned and mark just mentioned, again, is letting himself get drawn into a debate about how many jobs baynereated. they weren't in that business. they were in the business of making money for important investors and did it very well. he should have framed it that way. including pension funds. instead of getting caught up in this issue, 100,000 jobs or something. but having said that, i don't think that taking that off the table takes off the table the point that willie made or the question of whether mitt romney is connected and whether he does have a feeling for the average american. and i think that's a key part of trying to understand mitt romney. i would just come at it a different way if i were calling the shots. >> what you're calling a mistake is the central argument of his campaign, that he knows how to create jobs. >> well, he said it slightly differently. what i think is a mistake is his saying he created 100,000 jobs at bain capital. and getting into a debate over that. i don't think he -- i think he could have avoided that and still said everything else he said, which is i'm a b